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As the occurrence of lung abscess impacts the duration of antibiotics therapy, chest CT scan should be easily performed in case of treatment failure of ventilator-associated pneumonia despite adequate antimicrobial therapy.
We hypothesize that elevated soluble suppression of tumorigenicity-2 concentrations, a marker of pulmonary epithelial injury, reflect ongoing lung injury in acute hypoxemic respiratory failure due to coronavirus disease 2019 and associate with continued ventilator dependence.

We associated serial plasma soluble suppression of tumorigenicity-2 levels and markers of systemic inflammation including d-dimer, C-reactive protein, and erythrocyte sedimentation rate with 30-day mortality and ventilator dependence.

Adult medical ICUs and general medicine wards at an academic teaching hospital in Boston, MA.

Adult patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection and acute hypoxemic respiratory failure admitted to the ICU (
= 72) and non-ICU patients managed with supplemental oxygen (
= 77).

Observational study from April 25 to June 25, 2020.

ICU patients had a higher baseline body mass index and median soluble suppression of tumorigenicity-2, d-dimer, and C-reactive protein concen-2 is a biomarker readily measured in blood that can provide dynamic information about the degree of a patient's lung injury and real-time assessment of the likelihood of extubation success. Measures of systemic inflammation, illness severity, and oxygenation did not associate with ventilator outcomes.
Plasma soluble suppression of tumorigenicity-2 is a biomarker readily measured in blood that can provide dynamic information about the degree of a patient's lung injury and real-time assessment of the likelihood of extubation success. Measures of systemic inflammation, illness severity, and oxygenation did not associate with ventilator outcomes.
Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapies (CAR-T) are transforming the treatment of B-cell leukemias and lymphomas. Cytokine release syndrome and immune effector cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome represent common, potentially life-threatening toxicities from chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy treatment.

We present a 53-year-old patient with primary refractory high-grade B-cell lymphoma who developed severe, refractory neurotoxicity following chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy but exhibited complete recovery after extracorporeal blood purification with CytoSorb (CytoSorbents, Monmouth Junction, NJ).Six days after chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy infusion, the patient developed cytokine release syndrome grade 3, prompting administration of dexamethasone and tocilizumab, a monoclonal antibody against the interleukin-6 receptor. His C-reactive protein levels started to decrease with tocilizumab and dexamethasone treatments. However, his ferritin levels continued to rise, and his inteity following chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy.
Our case represents the first reported, successful application of extracorporeal blood purification with CytoSorb (CytoSorbents) to treat severe, refractory neurotoxicity following chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy.
To explore the psychologic impact of an ICU stay on relatives and to determine patient and relative factors, including their pre-ICU mental health status, associated with psychologic symptoms 3 months after ICU admission.

A prospective, exploratory, longitudinal cohort study.

A 12-bed ICU in a Dutch tertiary teaching hospital.

The relatives of ICU patients admitted between March 2018 and December 2019.

None.

Relatives completed the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale shortly after patients' ICU admission referring to the week before ICU admission and 3 months later, together with the Impact of Event Scale-Revised, assessing posttraumatic stress. A total of 387 were eligible of which 78 (20%) responded. Almost a quarter reported an increase of anxiety (23.1%) and depression (24.4%) between baseline and 3 months follow-up. One in six (17.9%) reported posttraumatic stress. Anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress at 3 months follow-up were significantly associated with preexisting anxiety and depression. learn more Patients' factor associated with depression 3 months follow-up in relatives was length of ICU stay (odds ratio, 1.09; 95% CI, 1.02-1.16).

Relatives with preexisting psychologic symptoms before ICU admission are at risk to develop anxiety, depression, or posttraumatic stress shortly after ICU discharge of the patient. Screening and identification in an early stage enables early interventions to prevent relatives from worsening mental health during and after ICU admission.
Relatives with preexisting psychologic symptoms before ICU admission are at risk to develop anxiety, depression, or posttraumatic stress shortly after ICU discharge of the patient. Screening and identification in an early stage enables early interventions to prevent relatives from worsening mental health during and after ICU admission.
Telemedicine critical care is associated with improved efficiency, quality, and cost-effectiveness. As of 2010, fewer than 5% of U.S. hospitals had telemedicine critical care, and fewer than 10% of ICU beds were covered. We evaluated recent telemedicine critical care implementation and bed coverage rates in the United States and compared characteristics of hospitals with and without telemedicine critical care.

Cross-sectional study of 2018 American Hospital Association Annual Survey Database.

U.S. hospitals.

None.

None.

We obtained data regarding telemedicine critical care implementation, ICU capability (defined as ≥ 1 ICU bed), other hospital characteristics, and the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index, a measure of ICU market competition based on hospital referral regions. Among 4,396 hospitals (response rate 71%), 788 (17.9%) had telemedicine critical care, providing potential coverage to 27,624 (28% of total) ICU beds. Among 306 hospital referral regions, 197 (64%) had a respondent hospital with telemeansion to include more rural hospitals that could benefit most may be aided by addressing hospital financial and market barriers to telemedicine critical care implementation.
About one fifth of respondent hospitals had telemedicine critical care by 2018, providing potential coverage of nearly one third of reported ICU beds. This represents a substantial increase in telemedicine critical care implementation over the last decade. Future expansion to include more rural hospitals that could benefit most may be aided by addressing hospital financial and market barriers to telemedicine critical care implementation.
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